Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival

Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival

Jerry Bryant performing at the Sea Music Festival 2009
Genre Maritime music
Dates June
Location(s) Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut
Years active 1979-present
Founded by Dr. Stuart M. Frank

The Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival, held annually in June since 1979 at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut, is among the oldest, and is the largest sea music festival in the United States. It reportedly attracts "the highest caliber of sea music performers, scholars, and fans."[1] The Festival was first organized by Dr. Stuart M. Frank as a place to perform and hear sea music as well as a symposium for ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, and historians.[2]

List of Performers

2005 (25th)

Source: 25th Annual Sea Music Festival (Media notes). Mystic Seaport. 

  • Bob Webb
  • Celeste Bernardo
  • Cliff Haslam
  • Compass Rose
  • David Littlefield
  • Dick & Carol Holdstock
  • Dick Holdstock & Allan MacLeod
  • Geoff Kauffman
  • Georgia Sea Island Singers
  • John Roberts
  • Jorge Job
  • Ken Sweeney
  • Le Vent du Nord
  • Louis Killen
  • The Johnson Girls
  • Tommy Makem
  • William Pint & Felicia Dale

2007 (28th)

Source: "Title unknown" (PDF). Mystic Seaport. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 11, 2011. 

  • Ana Vinagre
  • Bob Walser
  • Bob Webb
  • Bonnie Milner
  • Bruce MacIntyre
  • Chanteens
  • Chanterelle
  • Chris Koldewey
  • Cindy Kallet
  • Cliff Haslam
  • Craig Edwards
  • David Littlefield
  • Don Sineti
  • Ellen Cohn
  • Geno Leech
  • Geoff Kauffman
  • Gianna Iannucci
  • Jeff Warner
  • Jerry Bryant
  • John Bartlett & Ricka Ruebsaat
  • Ken Sweeney
  • Kenny Wolin
  • Lee Murdock
  • Louis Killian
  • Marc Berniner
  • Moe Bowstern
  • Northern Neck Chanteymen
  • Rachel Thomas
  • Rick Spenser
  • Steve Roys
  • Tim Reilly
  • Tom Lewis
  • William Pint & Felicia Dale

2009 (30th)

Source: "Meet Past Sea Music Festival Performers". Mystic Seaport. 

  • Barnacle
  • Bob Walser
  • Bob Webb
  • Carl Thornton
  • Cliff Haslam
  • Daisy Nell & Stan Collinson
  • Danny Spooner
  • Dave Peloquin
  • David Kleiman
  • Heather Wood
  • Ellen Cohn
  • Dick Holdstock & Allan MacLeod
  • Jeff Warner
  • Jerry Bryant
  • John Roberts
  • Judy & Dennis Cook
  • Louis Killen
  • Marc Bernier
  • Martin & Phillip Hugill
  • Nanne Kalma and The Hudson Crew
  • New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus
  • Rick Nestler
  • Rum Soaked Crooks
  • Sheri Mortimer
  • Stout
  • Stuart Frank & Mary Malloy
  • Talitha MacKenzie
  • Les Bouthilliers
  • The Ancient Mariners
  • The Clancy Legacy
  • Walter Askew

See also

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References

  1. Carr, J.. 2009. New Sea Chantey Compilations On Compact Disc. Review of "American Sea Songs and Shanties " Journal of American Folklore 122, no. 484, (April 1): 197-210. http://www.proquest.com/ (accessed February 6, 2010).
  2. "Sea Music Festival Comes of Age," Mystic Seaport Magazine, Summer 2009.

External links


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